Beginner Photographer Pics C&C

[Nam3lik3th3brand]

Hi,
I'm a newbie to this site and to photography. I bought my first SLR camera last month and i put it to the test. I have a few favorite pics that I would love for you to comment on and would apperciate any helpful advice you have in mind. Thanx

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[RedWylder]

First-number your photos so it's easier to critique. I don't care for the first and last of the set. They look like snapshots. There's something interesting about the bus shot but I think the composition isn't quite there. The petals on the ground would be more interesting taken from a different angle-maybe lower to the ground or even on the ground. The city ones are...meh. I don't like cities and never take photos of the city so I'm not coming up with anything useful to say on those. Keep shooting and practicing though!

 

[Nam3lik3th3brand]

First-number your photos so it's easier to critique. I don't care for the first and last of the set. They look like snapshots. There's something interesting about the bus shot but I think the composition isn't quite there. The petals on the ground would be more interesting taken from a different angle-maybe lower to the ground or even on the ground. The city ones are...meh. I don't like cities and never take photos of the city so I'm not coming up with anything useful to say on those. Keep shooting and practicing though!

Thanx for the advice! It gave me something to look at and some angle changes for my next shots!

 

[Kofman13]

no. 5 is alright

 

[OrionsByte]

1. When taking photos of animals and children, get down on their level. It will give you a perspective of them that you don't normally see, and generally the photo will be more pleasing. I'm not sure where the light is coming from in that photo, but it might have been something you could have used to your advantage more if you'd taken it from a different angle.

2. Any time you have a photograph where there's a pattern or something mostly uniform, your eye will be drawn to whatever breaks that pattern or uniformity. In this case, my eye keeps going to whatever that is at the top. A simple crop would fix that.

3. If you're going to do selective color, expect resistance from the folks around here. Reason being, it's very rarely done well. In this case, you sucked the saturation out of everything but the yellows, which means the bus, the sign, and the graffiti on the mailbox are what stand out. Is there a relationship between those three things that you are trying to show?

4 and 5. Read up on the "exposure triangle" (aperture, shutter speed, ISO). A smaller aperture and longer shutter speed would have given you some streaks from the traffic that would have made these a bit more interesting. What was your reason for the different approaches to processing between 4 and 5?

6. I don't think I have any tips for this one; it's just kind of a snapshot. Maybe if you could tell us what about it makes it one of your favorites, we could give you some more specific ideas for improving.

 

[Nam3lik3th3brand]

Thanks for the constructive criticism, as you can tell I'm still learning so your opinion helps a bundle.

 

[doubleoh7]

#3. I am a fan of this type of photography and I think it would have worked much better without the bus being blocked by the fencing. The others I will just agree with OrionsByte (good ops Brian) -

Keep shooting !!!!

 

[mishele]

This is a great site that every newbie should take a look at!! It gives you some guidelines to think about when you are composing your shots!! Now go out and practice some of them!!

10 Top Photography Composition Rules